I hope you catches de story, and you tell me your opinions, through them I know if I'm on theright track.
Remember English is not my native language, I hope the translation is correct, I check it, but sometimes I miss some incorrect, sorry.
I repeat, I am not the owner of the characters, I only rely on them for the sheer pleasure of
practice writing stories without any economic interest, and these two characters inspire me.
Chapter 12
A couple of days after the confession, Ross went to his parents' house to reveal the whole truth.
Judy was paralyzed, her son…. "Ross…. fired …"!!! And Monica knew it…?
"No mom, first Monica didn't know anything, no one knew anything, I only told them on Sunday, and secondly they didn't fire me, they gave me medical leave to do therapy, and although I didn't continue it, Monica and the others convinced me to let it come back. Monica checked with afriend and she recommended a therapist, this morning I called and I start next week."
"Son, why don't you come back to live here with us" said Judy.
Ross, with an angry face, replied, "No mom, I'm not sick, I don't need you to make me chickensoup, I just need a professional to help me manage my anger and not feel like a failure, and I assure you that coming back here would be confirmation that I'm a failure"
Judy and Jack remained silent, after a few moments they asked him about Monica.
"Son, Monica hasn't called us or seen her since she came back from London, is she okay? It's strange that she doesn't call me to tell me anything, ¿am she having a good time?
"Yes, mom, she had a wonderful time," said Ross, smiling… "she was just a little busy, today I'm going to tell her to call them."
"God, what a girl, always so independent, we have to remind her that we exist," Judy said in acritical voice.
"Mom, she had a complicated return, but she's all right now, I'm sure she'll call you now," Ross said, realizing that he had talked too much.
"What kind of complication?" Judy inquired
"Look, it's better for her to explain it to you, I'm going to tell her to call you, okay."
He said goodbye to his parents and went straight to Monica's house.
Ross found them, Chandler typing on his laptop on his knees sitting on the couch next to Monica who was watching a cooking show.
He laughed inwardly, the image was adorable, everyone in their own topic, but glued to the sofa.
"Hey guys," Ross said.
Monica quickly turned around, "Hello, how was it with mom and dad?"
"As expected, shocked, scared and wanting me to live with them again, can you imagine? …" answered Ross, smiling, "but I told them not to worry that I will start therapy and surely in areasonable amount of time I will improve." "I know they will follow me closely, especially Mom, but I will avoid her…"
While he was answering Monica's question, he approached and sat down at the low table in front of Monica. Chandler greeted him with a slap of the hand and continued writing.
"What are you doing?" Ross asked Chandler.
"By sending resumes to all the universities in the City, I have to broaden the search just in case nothing happens at Columbia or NYU. I also put together an ad to publish offering English language, literature and narrative classes." Chandler explained.
"Evidently you can't stand without working…" commented Ross.
"Not really, I really like what I do, I need to be active in front of a class, the students give me energy and I try to make the syllabus enjoyable" Chandler answered.
"I also like to be in front of a class, you know, until the Museum thing happened to me, it had never occurred to me to teach, but since I have done it I discovered that it is very stimulating, it makes me feel better, useful… although the truth is my classes are not very enjoyable, I don't know how to seduce by talking about T. Rex," Ross said at the end, laughing.
"Ross, I teach narrative, I can help you give it a more interesting nuance that captivates you, I have all the time in the world, if you want tomorrow, bring me your next class and we will see what to do" Chandler offered.
"I thank you and I'm going to do it, but I'm afraid I don't have your sympathy and spontaneity…" Ross explained.
"Ross, even though we just met, I know you're funny and witty, that's how Monica described you."
Ross looked at Monica surprised by the comment.
Chandler continued "the only thing you have to do is let go, lose your fear of the audience, you are the one in charge, show them that you are the one who knows, but explain it to them in a way that is entertaining, they will surely listen to you."
"Thanks friend, I hope I can follow your advice," Ross replied and turned to look at Monica.
"Mon, dad and mom asked me about you, since you came back you haven't called them or gone to see them."
At that moment Chandler looked up from the laptop again….
"I told them that you came back complicated with many things, nothing more, you have to go and tell them about the two of you and the babies, actually the two of you, they have to meet Chandler."
"yes, you're right, I was delaying it, first well, I was sad thinking that we had broken up, then scared when I found out about the babies and finally Chandler's arrival that made me forget everything, I just want to enjoy our love" said Monica and she and Chandler gave each other a soft kiss on the lips.
"I'm going to call them; I'll tell them that on Friday I'm going to have dinner with someone…" Monica stated.
Chandler's face turned red... "Well, now the one who is scared by the audience is me, the one who helps me…" he said with scared eyes, but at the same time with a smile.
"Love, all you have to do is make mom that smile and she will melt" …. Monica reassured him.
Chandler was startled "God!!! Speaking of parents, I forgot to call mine, Marion, and I didn't call David to tell him I'm in the city, he's going to kill me and you for not telling him, like grandma and Aunt Olivia" …. "Mon if we are going to visit your parents on Friday, I can organize something with David and the aunt for Saturday? Although I don't know what shift he has at the restaurant."
"Yes, of course, arrange a meeting whenever you want, as for the shift, surely they must have another sous chef to replace me, maybe he can change the shift." Monica answered.
"Okay, first I call Marion, she must be desperate for news, she always seems calm, but inside…. And when I tell her about the babies she is going to go crazy with joy"
Then I call Mom, she also knew I was coming and she must be anxious, I want to tell her that everything is great and that she is going to have two grandchildren…. I know she will be happy for us, but I don't know how she, the young and eternal lover, will like being a "grandmother" … "then I call dad, I know that he will be happy with everything, with me being a father and him grandfather… "
Monica laughed, … "I think there is some preference in your calling order…"
Chandler smiled at her "yes, a little, you know what Marion meant in my life, I owe her a lot, to her and the rest of her family, and by the way I ask her how Luk is, I miss him a lot..."
"I think that in a few months you will have two children to blow their bellies…" Monica told him, smiling.
Marion, when she heard Chandler's voice, finally breathed calmly. "Son, how are you, how is Monica?"
"We are happy, I am living in her house, and I have immense news for you…"
"Which one, tell me which one?" Marion asked excitedly.
"Monica is pregnant, we are pregnant, now 7 weeks and we are going to have twins, can you imagine!!
"Oh God, what a joy, yes, it is immense news, my boy Chandler is going to be a father, and I am sure that you will be the best, when I tell Henry and the boys, there is how I would like to see youto hug them both…" she said Marion in tears
Look, I don't know if we'll be able to travel soon, Monica has anemia and until she recovers she has to rest, but if we can, we'll go so you can see her pregnant, otherwise I promise that as soon as the babies can travel, we will manage to take them"
"God I will be waiting for you…. Chandler, I only ask that you or Monica keep me up to date with how everything is going, and send me photos of your growing belly…" Marion asked.
"I promise, we will call you every week and send you photos, Marion I love you so much... and don't tell mom, but you're the first one I call," Chandler said with a smile that Marion imagined he had on his face.
"Son, give Monica a huge kiss, tell her that I love her for making you so happy, I await your news."
Nora was moved by the news, her son was finally happy and would never be alone again, she was aware that she was to blame for his loneliness, it was selfish, but it was too late to remedy it, now she could make it up to her son by being a present grandmother, and she was determined to do it, even if she had to live longer in New York, she checked her schedule to see when she could travel
and leave 15 days free to be with them.
Obviously Charles received the news with happiness, Chandler's childhood, adolescence really, his entire life had not been easy at all, and he felt guilty about that, but he loved his son and had always, even from a distance, worried about him. Chandler knew it and that's probably why they managed to maintain communication, now knowing that he had a woman by his side who loved him and who was going to be a father filled him with pride. He knew that Chandler would be a million times better father than him.
He then called his aunt Olivia, who was shocked to learn that Chandler was in the city, the curse had finally ended... She was so happy to hear it, she knew about Monica and that it was the reason for his move, but when she found out about Pregnancy, she jumped for joy, Chandler would be a dad, and with twins, she couldn't believe it, and she also imagined how Nora would be with the news that she would be a grandmother... That made her laugh.
Obviously Charles received the news with happiness, Chandler's childhood, adolescence really, his entire life had not been easy at all, and he felt guilty about that, but he loved his son and had always, even from a distance, worried about him. Chandler knew it and that's probably why they managed to maintain communication, now knowing that he had a woman by his side who loved him and who was going to be a father filled him with pride. He knew that Chandler would be a million times better father than him.
Olivia invited them to her house the following Saturday, she told them to arrive early, for snack and then stay for dinner, that would give them time to talk and tell everything, she also told them that she would make sure that David didn't work and would invite also to his fiancée. Chandler asked her to please keep it a secret, not to tell David anything, that he wanted to surprise him on Saturday when they went to her house. This is how they were.
Chandler told Monica about all the conversations and the joy it caused, he told her that Marion asked them to call her weekly to see how the pregnancy was progressing, the joy of his mother and his father. And Aunt Olivia's invitation, and he warned Monica that if she ever spoke to David she should not tell him that he was in New York, he wanted to surprise him at his aunt's house.
Everything had already been said on Chandler's side, now it was necessary to tell it personally to the Geller family.
On Friday Chandler rented a car and they left for Long Island.
Chandler told Monica about all the conversations and the joy it caused, he told her that Marion asked them to call her weekly to see how the pregnancy was progressing, the joy of his mother and his father. And Aunt Olivia's invitation, and he warned Monica that if she ever spoke to David she should not tell him that he was in New York, he wanted to surprise him at his aunt's house.
"I will never allow our children to feel that loneliness…. I promise"
Monica squeezed his leg, looked at him with wet eyes, she didn't understand how they could have left him alone like that. "I know you won't, we won't"
They arrived at the Geller house in silence. Chandler hoped his parents would like him, which made him a little nervous and he knew that if he got nervous he would get talkative, so he had to calm down.
Judy opened the door with a smile and hugged Monica.
"Daughter, I missed you, I don't understand, you arrived almost a month ago and you didn't come to see us or talk to us…"
"Mom, you can greet me and give me a kiss without reproaches…"
"Hello my armonica" Jack approached Monica and hugged her.
Chandler smiled at the nickname he didn't know.
"Hi dad how are you both …. You look very good…"
"Yes, we're okay,…worried about Ross though…" Jack said.
Judy nudged her husband, "Jack, this is not the time to talk about Ross… there is a visitor.
"Mon, are you introducing us to the gentleman?" Judy said with her eyebrows raised and curious.
"Yes of course …. mom, dad this is Chandler, Chandler Bing, David's cousin who welcomed us at his house during the course in London "
"OH," Judy exclaimed, "it's good to meet you and thank you for allowing my daughter and her friends to stay at your house."
Judy nudged her husband, "Jack, this is not the time to talk about Ross… there is a visitor.
"You're not married," Judy asked.
"no, I never was and at this precise moment neither…. well not yet…"
Chandler's response sounded strange to Jack who looked at him trying to study him.
"Let's go into the living room to talk a little before dinner," Judy said happily, she wanted to check out this promising bachelor.
Jack turned to Chandler "from your accent you are clearly English, where are you from?"
"No, actually I are American, I was born here, on Long Island, but when I was 11 my mother and I moved to London and I have lived there since then, well except for the university period that Ilived in Oxford"
"But you have nothing left of our accent, our idioms…" Jack reflected.
"No sir, when I started school there the other kids, with some contempt, called me "the Yankee" so I tried very hard to speak like all of them and in a few months I managed to do it, and since I never returned to America and the family of my mother went every once in a while, I never spoke to Americans regularly again, and I ended up completely losing it, even the idioms, now that I'm here, I don't fully understand their meaning, I guess the same thing would happen to you in London."
"You said you studied at Oxford, what degree?" Jack asked.
"The Doctorate in languages, English literature, narrative and creativity…. And I work, well I worked as a postgraduate professor at the University of RoelHampton" Chandler answered.
"And you don't work there anymore…" Jack asked again.
Monica intervened, "Please dad, stop questioning him."
Chandler took her hand and with one of her smiles said, "Monica, it's okay, I like to talk about what I do."
Judy immediately noticed the exchange between her daughter and this young man.
"What happened is that a week ago I moved permanently to New York, that's why I had to quit my job, but next week I have an interview at Columbia, and letters of recommendation for NYU as well, and I sent resumes to others universities in the area, some will leave, there I was the holder of two professor ships, but here I will surely have to return to the assistant ships, until some tenure comes out."
Now it was Judy who asked, there was something she sensed and she wanted to confirm.
"And after so many years of living in London, working well in London, what made you move to New York"
Chandler and Monica turned red, but Chandler knew he had to go with the truth.
"I fell madly in love with Monica, with her daughter, I came for her, to be with her forever."
"Monica, is the same thing happening to you too? Judy questioned.
"Yes, mom, I love him very much, and there is something else, I am pregnant, well we are
pregnant."
Judy gave a little scream that she covered with her hand, Jack turned red..."
"But you are not married yet!" Jack exclaimed.
"Look, sir, when I came I had the intention that we would live together, get engaged, then get married and have children, but life, as I told Monica, changed the stages, they arrived first and we are very happy," Chandler said with a firm voice. and looking straight into Jack's eyes,
"Did you say...? Judy asked.
"Yes, mom, I'm expecting twins, I'm 7 weeks along."
"If I understood correctly, when you came you didn't know that she was pregnant?" Jack asked.
"No sir, I didn't know, when Monica returned to New York I was devastated, I wanted her in my life and I knew that the only way to be with her was to move here, I didn't tell her I was moving, I wanted to surprise her and she received me with another, obviously the pregnancy stunned me for a moment, but it also made me very happy"
"And you are going to get married? Judy asked looking at Monica.
"Mom, I'm pregnant now, I have anemia so I have to rest, I'm not working for now, and I don't want to get married with a belly either, now we are together, we have to organize our life together first, then life around two babies, then after they are born, we will make wedding plans."
Judy looked at her daughter with a smile and sweetly asked her, "Daughter, are you happy...?
"Like I have never been before, millions of times happier than I could have been before"
"And your Chandler, are you happy?" Judy asked.
"Look, I am a very lucky man, any prediction that, when I was a child, someone could make about my future, It would not have even anticipated how happy I am with this woman, she is perfect in every way, I love her, I want to spend the rest of my life with her.
Judy stood up to hug them, and Jack joined them.
"Wow," Jack said, "I didn't expect this. I'm happy for my daughter. I think she found a good man."
"And it still hasn't gotten funny,…" Monica said with a smile and giving her boyfriend a kiss on the lips.
Dinner went off quietly, with many more questions to Chandler.
He told them about his parents, what they do, about Marion and her family and everything he owes them, about his work at the BBC, his life in London….
Jack asked him if he liked golf. "The truth is, I never played, at school I played cricket, but not so much because I liked it, Marion advised me that it was a place where I could make friends and I did. What I really like and am relatively good at is tennis and swimming."
Jack told him…" Let's go to the country club and I'm going to show you…"
"Sure," Chandler said…. "I think I'm going to like it, it's an individual sport, the ones I don't like so much are the team ones, I don't really like playing them, but I do watch them, I really like watching football, well you call it soccer, also watching rugby and Hokey, so whenever you want we go to the field, plus Mon will benefit from the air of the field and walking a little... " and he look at hers
